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Christmas Cookies

2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter, cooled
2 eggs. well beaten
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
1 1/2 Cups coarsely chopped red and green candied cherries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place brown sugar in mixing bowl. Add butter, eggs and cream. Stir until smooth. Sift flour with salt and baking powder and add to mixture. Stir in nuts and cherries. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls, about 1 inch apart onto lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until firm and lightly brown. Remove from sheet while warm. Makes about 3 dozen coolies.

This recipe is kinda tricky. The heat is a guess because this recipe was taken from an old recipe file and when it was first written, the stoves that were used were wood stoves and didn't have a thermometer. Also, the flour was coarser than what we use today so you may have to use a litle more than the 2 cups. Be sure and use real butter and the cream I finally settled on was whipping cream.I usually cook them for about 13 minutes. Hope you enjoy these and let me know what you think if you make them.